Axle Whitehead banned from Swans functions

Home And Away star Axle Whitehead has reportedly been banned from official Sydney Swans functions after allegedly abusing fans during last weekend's game against Geelong.

Whitehead, 30, was a special guest of a club supporter at the exclusive Forward Pocket function held by the Swans at the SCG on Saturday night, which was also attended by Seven Network stars Daniel Macpherson and Sarah Cumming, the Daily Telegraph reports.

A guest at the function told the newspaper Whitehead made lewd hand gestures and used coarse language as he verbally abused Swans fans.

"He looked like he had far too much to drink and was yelling and screaming abuse during the game," the unnamed guest told the Telegraph.

"Everyone was really angry but when they told him to behave he called supporters "d---heads".

Another guest said they had left the function early and complained to staff of Whitehead's behaviour.

Whitehead's representative said it was a female Swans supporter who had in fact verbally attacked him.

"Axle was defending himself against one woman in particular who was abusing him — he didn't start the altercation," Denise Roberts said, but did not know how much her star had drunk.

Controversy is not foreign to Whitehead — in 2006 he unzipped his pants and showed his penis to the audience while on stage at the ARIAs.